PRESENTS OF MIND

OMG! 

Yesterday I was Googling my blog to see where it came up and  . . .

I saw that an agent had Googled it too!

Wow!

Merry Christmas to me!

Even if this agent didn’t want me as a client . . .

They at least Googled my blog.

So of course I checked to see who the agent was who Googled me.

Agent, Pulsa Termurah

Huh. Never heard of her.

Or is it a him?

And then there was this:

Agent pulsa menyediakan bermacam produk pulsa murah yang bisa langsung Anda nikmati sendiri atau untuk dijual ke konsumen. Produk-produk tersebut bisa Anda dapatkan dengan harga yang sangat murah. Berikut ini adalah daftar produk yang tersedia di tempat kami:

Huh? 

What were they saying to me?

And what language is it?

Hmm?

Strange that an agent would contact me in a foreign language.

I then exited out. Thankfully, there was a link that said “translate.”

And so I hit the link and—voila!

The text instantly translated to English.

Huh?

It was an Indonesian site.

Do they have literary agents in Indonesia?

Well, OK . . .

I really wanted a New York agent. . .

Or at least one in the U.S. . . .

Or even one in Europe . . .

But if an Indonesian agent was interested in me then . . .

Wait a minute . . .

Aw!

Not literary agent.

A selling agent.

They want me to sell some of their products!

Oh, well . . .

LOL!

It still felt great for a few minutes to feel the excitement of what it would be like getting contacted by an agent.

But then just this morning . . .

A strange thing happened.

I Googled my blog’s name again to find this “agent” again . . .

And it wasn’t there.

But what I found instead was a writer site that sounded intriguing.

It gives you tips on how to promote your blog on the Internet.

Here’s the link:  http://www.nettiehartsock.com/

I’m going to have to spend some time with that site and a good cup of coffee.

And then there was a link to the Erma Bombeck Writers Workshop in Dayton in 2010.

All of a sudden, it felt like fireworks went off in my brain! (hope it wasn't a stroke)

My 2010 goal was to go to writer conferences and “pitch” How Em Found Her Cha Ch to literary agents.

And I still will.

But something resonated with me about this workshop. It's geared for writing humor.

And so I registered for it!

I’m so excited!

Not only am I going (there was chance registration was already closed) . . .

But by registering . . .

I’ve already begun working on my writing goals for 2010!

And so . . .

Merry Christmas to me!

Again!

And this time

For real!

Always, Em-Musing